As F-35 readiness lags, Pentagon seeks $13.7 billion boost: GAO
The F-35’s full mission capable rate fell to to 25 percent in FY25, the government watchdog found.
Lockheed pitches HIMARS for France, with 18-month timeline offer
France has allocated approximately €600 million ($692 million) to replace its legacy LRU launchers.
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Lockheed Martin UK-led consortium unveils GBAD concept for NATO
While company representatives were tight-lipped about the exact technical details of their offering, they explained that a flexible, software-based system would allow individual member-nations to connect their sensors to another nation’s command nodes.
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Raytheon, Lockheed deliver first next-gen Javelin launchers to Army
The new launcher incorporates modern infrared camera technology that allows for easier and faster target detection and is smaller and lighter than the legacy unit.
Lockheed breaks ground on new THAAD interceptor plant
"These aren't just ideas or papers going back and forth,” Lockheed CEO Jim Taiclet said of the Pentagon's munitions ramp. “We know it's going to be good, and we know it's going to happen.”
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F-35B conducts flight test with British SPEAR mini-cruise missile
The first flight milestone comes four years later than originally planned, after an initial delay caused by technical troubles.
Netherlands eyes more JASSM weapons for F-35, discloses ASW frigate delivery delay
The move to open talks comes after The Hague and Washington signed a 2024 Letter of Offer and Acceptance to initially acquire the deep strike capability.
Kongsberg Q1 orders more than double, company eyes US expansion
Across the last quarter, other key contracts included the firm’s joint selection along with Salt Ship Design to deliver a design concept for standardised vessels to the Royal Norwegian Navy.
Lockheed opposes Northrop bid to remove firewall on solid rocket motor business
Northrop argues that a 2018 consent order is hampering its ability to ramp up solid rocket motor production needed for critical munitions.
How integrated modeling and simulation accelerates Europe’s defensive edge
Lockheed Martin’s ACES platform delivers a shared virtual battlespace that strengthens readiness, interoperability, and faster decision-making through advanced, integrated modeling and simulation capabilities designed for evolving global threats.
Lockheed taps Skunk Works boss as new aeronautics chief
Greg Ulmer, who has led Lockheed's aeronautics arm since 2021, is retiring. OJ Sanchez will take over in June.
Israel buying more F-35s, F-15IAs fighter jets, Netanyahu announces
Details are still to come, but Israel plans to buy 25 each of Lockheed Martin's F-35 and the Israeli version of Boeing's F-15EX.
One big FAMMily: Air Force eyes huge boost for low-cost cruise missile
With nearly 30,000 copies envisioned, even among a spending spree for munitions, the Air Force’s Family of Affordable Mass Missile stands out.
Space Force tasks a dozen companies for Golden Dome space-based interceptors
The service pledged it would demonstrate an “initial capability” for the orbital missile killers by 2028.